Display-cabinet for laces, &amp;c.



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APPLICATION FILED llAR. 30, 1907.

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WILLIAM A. RUCKER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DISPLAY-CABINET FOR LACES, 80c.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1907.

Appli ation med March 30,1907. semi No. 365,582.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. RUCKER, of New York city, New York, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Display-Cabinets forLaces, &c. of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a cabinet for displaying and vending narrowaces, ribbons and other like material which is usually kept in boxes outof sight of the customer and the object of my invention is to constructI such a cabinet which will display the greatest quantity of lace in thesmallest space and to so display it that the customer may inspect itwithout handling it.

A further object of the invention is to provide means by which the clerkmay handle the stock readily keep the same always under observation.

These objects I accomplish by means of the present invention whichconsists generally of a revolving cabinet having a series of verticallydisposed frames radiating from the center to the outer face of thecabinet, these frames being adapted to contain a plurality of laceholding spools and being slidable so that they may be drawn out, withglass panels between the outer edges and ' of these frames whereby theinterior of the cabinet may be seen.

I illustrate my invention by means of the accompanying drawing in whichFigure l. is a vertical section through the line .t a: of Fig. 2., Fig.2 is a horizontal section on the line at (c of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is asection on the line y y of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of aportion of one of the spool holding frames.

In the drawing, (1 represents a suitable base, 0 an upright spindletherein and mounted on the base and adapted to rotate on the spindle isa revolving cabinet in the general form of a cylinder having numerousflat faces.

The cabinet as here shown is composed of a lower plate b and an upperplate I) joined together by a central post (I through which the spindleruns and mullions l f which unite the outer corners of the upper andlower I plates.

The lace holding spools h on which the lace is wound are held anddisplayed in vertically disposed frames which consist of an outer orface strip E which is held in place between the niullionsf, a lowerstrip 6 and an upper strip a which constitute respectively the bottomand the top of the frame, with a plurality of vertical strips e whichfurnish supports for the spool spindles. For the purpose of receivingthe spool spindles, I form in the adjacent faces of the vertical strips0 a series of inclined recesses 6 into which the spool spindles slip andfrom which they may be readily removed.

The spools holding frames radiate from the center of the cylindricalcabinet to the outer face thereof and they are arranged to slide in andout so that they can be readily removed and the lace inspected. As hereshown, the lower end of the frame slides in a radial groove formed inthe lower plate of the cabinet and the upper end is held between twoguide strips 6 secured to the under side of the plate I) (see Fig. 3.)

The entire interior of the cabinet is open to inspection through glasspanels 9 here shown as eight in number inserted in the mullions betweenthe outer faces of the frames. By looking tln'ough these glass panelsthe adjacent frames with their spools of lace are seen and also to avery great extent the entire contents of the cabinet, owing to the opennature of the frame and its contents.

For the purpose of steadying the cabinet and causing it to rotate easilyI place bearing balls a in the base in such a position as to steady therotary cabinet to make it revolve more easily.

For the purpose of limiting the outward motion of the frames andpreventing them from being accidentally withdrawn, I provide a stop ionthe rear portion of the top of the frame which stop is adapted toimping'e on a stop 1" on the under side of the top plate 1).

Suitable handles are provided for pulling out the frames A cabinet thusconstructed takes up but little room on the counter of the store, holdsa relatively large quantity of lace and enables purchasers to inspectthe whole stock and examine it closely without handling it. The stock iskept always under the eye of the clerk and much time is saved the latterin showing the goods.

I claim z- The herein described device for displaying laces and otherlike material consisting of a base, a spindle thereon, a cabinet adaptedto rotate on said spindle and having a series of vertically disposedsliding frames radiating from the center of said cabinet and adapted tohold a plurality of spools and glass panels between the outer edges, ofsaid frames for exposing the contents of the cabinet.

Signed by me at Portland, Maine, this 25th day of March 1907.

S. W. Barns, ELEANOR W. DENNIS.

